Has anyone taken Duloxetine?

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I have just been prescribed duloxetine for anxiety and ocd. I am yet to start taking them as doctor has warned me my anxiety and ocd can get worse before it gets better on this particular medication, so obviously I'm anxious about starting them! I know everybody reacts differently to medications but what are your experiences of duloxetine if you have taken it?

Yes I absolutely hated it, I much prefer citalopram.
It didn't help my anxiety, it made me sweat all the time like the menopause and coming off it was a nightmare, took months and months with brain shocks.
There are much better drugs than this one.

I don’t take it personally but my partner does. He suffered from anxiety. Sweats and bad mood for a week or so and then it gradually got better and now he’s like a new person x

I take it and didn’t have any side effects when I first started. It’s made a huge difference to me and I’ve gone from being housebound to interviewing for jobs.

Hated it. Just made me feel ill but then I can be funny like that. Stuff that should by all rights have me sick as a dog I'm fine with but the ones that 99% of people are fine with, I struggle with.